Dwight Baird

Published originally in the Morning Sun or Wapello, Iowa newspaper, 1965; courtesy of Marjorie Kimble.

Dwight Baird

Mr. Dwight (Pat) Baird died January 11. Last rites and burial took place January 13 at Aurora, Illinois.

Mr. Baird was the son of Thomas and Cora Congrove Baird, and was born at Newport, Iowa in Louisa county, on February 6, 1901. He attended the Newport school and the Morning Sun high school. He was a paint contractor by occupation.

Surviving are his wife [Pat]; a son, Thomas Joe; a foster daughter, Patty; and two grandchildren.

A brother and eight sisters also survive: William Baird of California; Mrs. Myrtle Hamilton, Mrs. Opal Nichols, Mrs. Max Griffin, Mrs. Wilma Bryant, and Mrs. Freda Wilson of Morning Sun; Mrs. Hallie Matson of Minnesota.; Mrs. Mildred Pogemiller of Wapello; and Mrs. Dorothy Moyers of Burlington.